Why isn't what I command considered a beast?

Xue Qingting nodded.

"Difficult, very difficult."

While the gestation of offspring does indeed deplete my energy essence, it will not cause a regression in my level. Only when all the offspring I have nurtured die will it affect my strength and level.

really.

Mingxi was not surprised. As a group-type pet beast, the number of offspring was also part of its strength. Although its energy essence was depleted, its strength would increase as the number of offspring increased.

Therefore, it is not a case of forcing growth.

However, since there is a limit to the amount of energy essence, it is impossible to cultivate offspring without limit.

"Are materials needed to cultivate the larvae?"

Although Mingxi knew about supernatural beings that could form groups, such beings were extremely rare, and it was even rarer for a beast tamer to contract with a group of supernatural beings.

Therefore, there are not many relevant records.

Mingxi was a little curious.

"Difficult, difficult..."

Apart from the essential use of Cordyceps sinensis, other materials are optional.

When we first formed our group, we were weak and lacked resources.

Therefore, the larvae cultivated in the early stages only used insect-pregnant grass. However, the larvae cultivated in this way have limited combat capabilities and their effect on my own improvement is relatively small.

To cultivate special offspring, other materials must be used.

Mingxi understood.

"You've seen the storage room and botanical garden in the Time Realm. Just take whatever you need. I've already granted you storage access to the Time Realm. If you're missing anything or lack materials, just let me know and we'll find a way to collect them for you."

"Difficult, very difficult."

Xue Qingting couldn't be more satisfied with her young but interesting beast tamer.

After dealing with Xue Qingting, Mingxi also went into the testing chamber and lay down for a while.

There haven't been any major changes, but there have been quite a few minor ones.

For example, her brain development level inexplicably reached 83.11%.

The degree of spiritualization in the brain is even more outrageous, soaring to 39%!

The "Special Physique B" section has changed from "Unlocking" to "Endless Adventure".

Also, please add a note when visiting the Endless Sea.

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Mingxi: ?_?｀

That's fucked up.

They gave me an amazing physique, but only gave me half of it.

It's like someone specially prepared a Manchu Han Imperial Feast for you, but after you finished eating, they told you, "These dishes are actually molecular gastronomy."

It's not that molecular gastronomy is bad, but it really has nothing to do with the Manchu Han Imperial Feast.

So tell me, are you feeling uncomfortable or not?

"Jinlan".

Seeing her little human looking dejected and listless, Florence smoothed down her unruly hair and said she would definitely make a better awakening potion for her so that You Wuqiong could truly awaken.

"My dear Fei, you're so good, sob sob~~"

Mingxi turned around and hugged Fei Lengcui's arm, whimpering and pretending to cry.

Little Silver Flower and Black Pearl immediately followed suit, each grabbing one of Florence's arms and pretending to cry.

Liang Jingjing rolled her eyes in disgust, then quickly climbed onto Mingxi's head and slumped down.

"...?"

Nanluo looked at Jin Yuanbao, its old friend, perched on the Beastmaster's shoulder, its beautiful purple pupils filled with question marks.

In the human world, is this how beast tamers and their pets interact?

...Should I learn it?

“Abyssal power”.

They're just joking around, you'll get used to it, don't take it to heart.

Jin Yuanbao smiled and comforted its old friend.

……

While staying within the Time Realm, time does not flow outside.

With the idea that dying early would be the best way to be reborn, Mingxi did not stay in the Time Realm for long.

So it's still that cramped crevice in the rock.

The sky in the far north has become a writhing, pale graveyard.

Countless white hairs, like tentacles, covered the sky, like the claws of death, locking onto the earth from afar.

The bone-chilling cold did not come from the physical low temperature, but from the oppressive and despairing feeling on the soul level.

This white-haired evil wind is truly evil.

"Guangguang, since we're just killing time anyway, why don't you try to analyze these white hairs?"

"It is possible, but it will consume reward time."

"Go ahead and use it, we're not short of money!"

The biggest gain from sweeping away the scum that have descended these past few days is reward time.

"Scanning... Interference level MAX!"

Energy readings are erratic! Attributes are erratic!

The direction of motion cannot be tracked!

……etc!"

Guangguang's voice suddenly became shrill and distorted, "Detected... periodic fluctuation data, the writhing of the white-haired canopy and the tendrils of the blood moon's rays have energy tides at a fixed frequency!"

Energy tides? Periodic fluctuations?

Mingxi's heart skipped a beat!

She stared intently at the churning white fur in the sky, forcing herself to ignore the chilling, unsettling feeling and focusing all her attention on the white fur that twisted and stretched out like living things and the moon in the sky, which was more vivid than blood.

Once...twice...three times...

Like a pulse! Like breathing!

The blood-red shimmer and the surging white fur were not actually chaotic at all!

They seemed to be simultaneously drawn by an invisible force, following a grand and eerie rhythm!

Moreover, with each expansion of the white-haired evil wind, the moonlight deep in the sky would dim a little, and with each contraction, the crimson color would intensify a little.

This feeling... what is it like?

Like... the heart pumping blood!

Like... a node in the energy cycle!

"Could it be..."

Mingxi murmured to herself, her gaze following the invisible energy tide upwards, piercing through layers of swirling white fur, passing over the massive and eerie storm, and finally... settling on the outline deep within the pale white sky, which had been emitting an ominous dark red light!

That blood moon!

It hangs at the highest point of the far northern sky, its position unmoving, like a huge, rotten scab embedded in the sky!

"Blood Moon..."

Mingxi's pupils suddenly contracted!

She thought of the occasional sight of two moons in the sky above the abyss.

Consider the situation in Shadow Abyss: the murky air, the elusive land of life and death...

"Could it be that the moon is not a natural celestial body?!"

Mingxi was stunned by her own thoughts.

"Guangguang, focus and scan the blood moon!"

"Yes."

Guangguang responded, consciously deducting the reward time, and began scanning the Blood Moon.

Prior to this, they had never considered scanning a distant celestial body.

"Target locked!"

Guangguang's voice suddenly doubled in volume.

"Master! You are right!"

The Blood Moon's energy characteristics are highly similar to those of the Shadow Abyss, and I also detected a familiar energy fluctuation—it's the Stone of Life and Death!

Guangguang's voice trembled with the realization of a terrifying truth, "My God! This blood moon is actually the place of birth and death of Shadow Abyss!"

Above the realm of birth and death itself, a place unheard of and unseen.

No wonder it took humans over three hundred years to find the place of birth and death of Shadow Abyss. They originally thought it was a spatial anomaly like the Yue Ling No. 3 Secret Realm.

I never imagined that the Land of Birth and Death wasn't even on the land of Shadow Abyss!

Who would have thought of this?

See you a long time!

"So here's the question: was it born this way, or was it formed later in life?"